Sensor based on quantum physics could detect SARS-CoV-2 virus
Mathematical simulations show the new approach may offer faster, cheaper, and more accurate detection, including identifying new variants.
Dec 21st, 2021
Read moreMathematical simulations show the new approach may offer faster, cheaper, and more accurate detection, including identifying new variants.
Dec 21st, 2021
Read moreA new simulation shows that a unique 2D superconducting material could make light-bending devices cheaper and easier to produce.
Dec 21st, 2021
Read moreElectrolyte-gated carbon nanotube field-effect transistor biosensors detect a wide range of biomolecules but have a few challenges to overcome.
Dec 21st, 2021
Read moreThe DNA-FAIRYLIGHTS project aims to lift the digital data storage onto a new level by increasing the binary zero/one concept to the broad spectrum of different colours, where multiple colours integrated in the DNA sequence can encode information in a more compact fashion.
Dec 21st, 2021
Read moreResearchers discovered that injecting elements of the soft metal, indium, into a two-dimensional material called molybdenum disulphide, could improve electrical conductivity and reduce power consumption of the optical synapses used in the development of bionic eyes.
Dec 21st, 2021
Read moreResearchers have demonstrated a method for making large-area superlattices - layered structures containing 2D lattices of sulfur and tungsten - that can achieve light-matter coupling.
Dec 21st, 2021
Read moreThis sensor, which uses aptamers (a type of artificial antibody), is more sensitive that antigen-based sensors and detects the virus more quickly and cheaply than PCR tests. These new devices can be incorporated into portable diagnostic systems and are easy to use.
Dec 20th, 2021
Read moreMeasuring the volume, motion and contents of microscopic droplets is important for studying how airborne viruses spread (including those that cause COVID-19), how clouds reflect sunlight to cool the Earth, how ink jet printers create finely detailed patterns, and even how a soda bottle fragments into nanoscale plastic particles that pollute the oceans.
Dec 20th, 2021
Read moreScientists have used state-of-the-art 3D printing and microscopy to provide a new glimpse of what happens when taking magnets to three-dimensions on the nanoscale.
Dec 20th, 2021
Read moreThe rechargeable battery can be woven and washed, and could provide power for fiber-based electronic devices and sensors.
Dec 20th, 2021
Read moreResearchers have incorporated phosphorene nanoribbons into new types of solar cells, dramatically improving their efficiency.
Dec 20th, 2021
Read moreResearchers have created a semiconductor material that acts like a second skin layer and is up to 200% more stretchable than its original dimension without significantly losing its electric current.
Dec 20th, 2021
Read moreResearchers have discovered that the many-body effects, particularly the electronic quantum correlation, can be tuned in metallic vdW monolayers through moire engineering.
Dec 20th, 2021
Read moreResearchers managed to use light to very precisely control the formation of nanocomposites in the shape of corals and vases. By illuminating a solution of the right ingredients with UV light, they can control where, when and which structures arise at the micrometer scale.
Dec 17th, 2021
Read moreAtomic-scale magnetic patterns resembling a hedgehog's spikes could result in hard disks with massively larger capacities than today's devices, a new study suggests. The finding could help data centers keep up with the exponentially increasing demand for video and cloud data storage.
Dec 17th, 2021
Read moreChemists succeeded in synthesizing particularly complex mesocrystals with largely unknown chemical and physical properties and in shedding light on their structure.
Dec 17th, 2021
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